Energy, EU – Baltic States, Investments, Lithuania, Nuclear power plant

Taavi Roivas, Algirdas Butkevicius and Laimdota Straujuma in Vilnius. Photo: lrv.lt

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius introduced Lithuania's proposals and preliminary assessment to his counterparts during the informal meeting of Baltic prime ministers today. According to Butkevicius, cooperation with Japan's Hitachi will continue.

"We told that an economic and energy efficiency assessment was needed. We invited our colleagues to analyze the proposals and introduced them to what has been accomplished in Lithuania," Butkevicius said at a joint press conference.

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas said that the Visaginas NPP was not discussed in depth, but noted that Estonia would not abandon the idea to build a nuclear power plant in Lithuania if the project generated a return.

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma expressed a similar view, and said that Latvia's position will become clear once the project's economic feasibility assessment is prepared.